Papaya Lemon Whitening Herbal Soap

Which one will help to whiten your skin better?

Papaya or Lemon?

Papaya is known to help in lightening and whitening your skin due to the presence of the enzyme papain (papaya proteinase I).  Papain's action is gradual and subtle that is why it is widely used in herbal soap formulations. Papain in papaya helps to eliminate dead skin cells by breaking down peptide bonds in the skin surface, so it will then soon reveal a newer and healthier skin cells and a softer outer skin layer.

Lemon. No further explanation needed right? I bet it is also part of your grandma's daily routine? This old time favorite helps in bleaching and rejuvenating your skin naturally.

Now going back to our question - Which one will help to whiten your skin better?  Both are good so why choose one if you can have both?

I handcrafted papaya lemon whitening herbal glycerine soap using papain enzymes and lemon oils as active ingredients for whitening/bleaching and added this into Yacht Bath and Body's moisturizing glycerine soap formula. 

Beauty bar in the making.. 

 

Here is the soapcrafting video:

Advance Happy Birthday to my Papa and nephew Harry.  Mahal na mahal ko kayo!

My new online partner - HP 15 AC648TX

Well, this is not soap related but I am posting it here because without a notebook, I won't be able to post any single content here in blogger.

I didn't have any intentions to buy a new notebook but I really need it because my old netbook (Her name is Grannet = short for Granny Netbook) is powered by Windows XP and it is now unsupported.

Double Happiness Soap on a Rope

June is a wedding month. Even my brother Gelbert got married in June some years ago - making Rhea, my sister in law a June bride too.

That is the inspiration for today's #soapysaturday project.

I made double happiness soap on a rope. Double happiness is an auspicious Chinese wedding symbol. I've added a rope (pink paracord) to symbolize "tying the knot".

This is an easy but time consuming project because of the extra step where I embedded 2 ends of the paracord temporarily clipped with wooden pegs to make the rope.  I placed small colored beads on the rope which is not necessary but just added for decorations.

After drying, I hanged it just to try out.

Photo taken just after packaging.

Here is the soapmaking video:

Before I end this post, I want to share 1 Corinthians 13:4-12 NIV

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 

5It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 

7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 

9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 

10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 

12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

 Happy Anniversary to Gelbert and Rhea (today is their anniversary!)

Advance Happy Birthday to Ate Emma and to Dra. Ruth (Did you know that the two of you were born on the same day?)

Darth Vader Soapmaking

It's father's day next week so I prepared Darth Vader Soaps for Father's Day.  Here I've used transparent soap base.  For the color I've added activated charcoal - not only it will make the soap color black it will also help in skin/body detox.

The size of the mold is very small so I made a slanted stand for it molded using cupcake liners. To achieve the slightly angled top, I placed chopsticks at the bottom of the liners when I poured opaque soap base containing activated charcoal too.

Then, when both the Darth Vader soap and stand are ready, I remelted left over gray colored soap base and used it to "glue/stick" the two soaps together.  To ensure proper adhesion between the two surfaces, I made slight scratches in the soap surfaces using toothpick.

Here are the soap output:

Just after soap drying:

Darth Vader soaps in upright slanted soap stand (left) and inverted slanted soap stand (right):

You may be wondering on why I made Darth Vader soap for father's day?

Well you know the word Vader literally means father right? Another reason is that I like Darth Vader.  Don't tell me you didn't liked him when he was that cute little Anakin Skywalker boy?

To me, he is a good son, a good husband and a good father.

He joined the dark side while thinking/knowing that what he is doing at that time was right, remember that - that was a time of chaos and adversity.  I am not here to close my eyes againts all the bad things that he have done.  In fact, everything that he have done can be traced down due to to his love for his mom, wife and kids.  Let us not forget too that no matter on which route he took, the prophecy did came true and he brought balance again.

In our daily lives, if you happen to know a real life Darth Vader will you like him, hate him or forgive him? To me no matter what.. I believe that we all commit mistakes and so everyone deserves a second chance - no matter what!

Alright, enough.. enough.. here is the Darth Vader soapmaking video.. I hope you like it.

Happy Father's day to all the father's out there.

Happy Birthday to my cousin Ate Beng.

Advance Happy Birthday to Jo. 

Hello Kitty Soap Making

This week, I made Hello Kitty Soaps.  This is a very easy project so I included a simple packaging idea.

I engraved Hello Kitty eyes and filled it up with gray colored soap base. 

After drying:

After packaging:

The video below is the first video that I had uploaded in my new channel.

I've completed migrating all the previous videos in this new channel already.

Happy Birthday to Orly.

Advance Happy Birthday to Tita Sauda and 

Advance Happy BirthdayAris.

Moving Forward.. See you in my new home!

I've generated 32 videos in 8 months to gain:

105 subscribers
35160 views and
89195 minutes of watch time

It took me 30 minutes to download all my videos and upload it into another channel. I'm back to square 1 due to channel migration. This new channel has

3 subscribers
313 views and
177 minutes of watch time

I wonder on how long it will take to gain everything back?
I am expecting and praying for the best.

One thing is for sure.. Days, months, years from now.. When I look back - I am confident that I won't regret the day when I made this decision.

Thanks for all your support and to those who already subscribed into my new channel. I appreciate it so much.

‪#‎cathyswisdomquotes‬
Life is all about preparedness and risk-taking. Majulah!

Click to visit my new channel

Below is the official announcement in my previous channel: